“Looking inward and upward”
Friday from the Archives: “Ultimate Trip” the Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize essay by Steve Mitchell with art by Tim Christensen in NCLR 2022 | Two Albright winners fascinated by the stars.
From The Archives
Each Friday, NCLR will post content from past issues. All past issues are currently available for purchase. Or check your library’s digital collections to read the full piece.
“The idea of ‘blackness'”
Friday from the Archives: “A Visitation with Randall Kenan” an interview by George Hovis with art by Antoine Williams in NCLR 2019
Two new pieces about Kenan will be in our 2025 issue this summer.
In memoriam: Miriam Herin
Friday from the Archives: “Lucky” the 2018 Doris Betts Fiction Prize story by Miriam Herin
with art by Lien Truong in NCLR Online 2019
The Jargon Society Lives On
Friday from the Archives: “A Snowflake Orchard and What I Found There: An Informal History of the Jargon Society” by Jeffery Beam in NCLR 1997
Grimsley Returning
Friday from the Archives: “In the Same Gesture” by Jim Grimsley from NCLR 21 (2012)
By Kenly Corya, Senior Editorial Assistant
Geography at Core of Understanding
Friday from the Archives: “Knowing Your Place: Tony Earley’s Human Geography”
by Jimmy Dean Smith in NCLR 2020
“The Fence and The Bridge”
Friday from the Archives: “Writing the Great War: Ron Rash and Terry Roberts Discuss World War I, the North Carolina German Internment Camp, and the Historical Novel” an interview by Zackary Vernon in NCLR 2014
Cold Springs, NC, 2163
Friday from the Archives: “Interviews in Cold Springs, North Carolina” a story by Warren Rochelle illustrated by Lali in NCLR 2001
Revisiting “Dream Boy” on Reprint
Friday from the Archives: “Dream Boy: Jim Grimsley’s Gothic Gospel” by Ed Madden with photography by W. Cameron Dennis and Mary Thiessen in NCLR 2000
“Holy Ground” by Catherine Carter
Friday from the Archives: “The Influx”, “Holy Ground,” and “In the Graveyard” three poems by Catherine Carter with art by Jane Filer in NCLR 2011